I quickly became aware of the bear warning signs - which are everywhere. In 2009, 27 bears were killed on the roads...that's a lot of bears and implies there are an awful lot more roaming around Yosemite.
Furthermore, there are signs telling you not to leave any food in your car (yes, locked inside a metal vehicle), as the bears will break in to get whatever they can smell. So, going on a 10 mile walk through dense forest, with our sandwiches in a flimsy nylon rucksack didn't exactly fill me with confidence.
And, if we were to encounter a bear, what exactly were we supposed to do? Stand still and hope that tossing the bear a few sandwiches and a banana would save us or run for our lives?
Thankfully, we didn't find ourselves with this predictament.
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